Pete Cowen How to swing the club

[@mariad750]

Stumbled upon this gem! Video is 10 years old, but probably the best and informative than any current. Peter’s simple and logical instruction will transform your game!

[@tommy6808]

This is one of the best (easy to understand) videos ive seen regarding golf swing

[@Golf36]

I just watched a video Pete Cowen teaching James Robinson. Simple brilliant explanation of using gravity in the golf swing and use of hands to stabilize the swing and shoulders for shaping shots.

[@Golf36]

Pete Cowen How to swing the club

[@davidtomsett]

Yes it’s so simple and makes perfect sense

[@OfCourseICan]

I watched this years ago and didn't get it At nearly 70, it's never too late. Thanks Pete.

[@jeffreysparbeck7725]

How much more simple and reasonable can an explanation of the golf swing get? Great stuff

[@thomasfraser9072]

Just one more simple thing to do. Cheers 😃⛳️👍🥂

[@mattcraze3811]

Love how Cowen, a globally recognized swing genius, does this in the most humble of golf surroundings possible with some old hacker in the background!

[@dahcargo]

90% of golfers fail to understand this information, which is why they are where they are, instead of much better. This is fantastic! BTW, for those I've read after my post, they fail to realize that he is telling us what to do. That is, understand what he's saying and implement it into our swing. It's a matter of intractable biophysical awareness and basic understanding of GRAVITY.

[@patrickdereus]

A way to understand better is watch it, do it, check it, watch it again, understand more, do it again etc.

[@michaelwswift7152]

Best golf instruction video I have seen on you tube for swinging the club. Outstanding!!

[@ericschroeder8932]

One of the best lessons I have ever seen. The Spiral Staircase is amazing, but the way he conveys "moving the loft around" as a result of the staircase. Genius. Simple, intuitive, elegant.

[@John_Wood_]

this is one of his better ones. Some times he gets too wordy/technical

[@christopheravery3680]

I don't know why I just can't grasp what he's saying you seem to have understood it any way you can maybe run it by me where I'm an understanding I really want to understand this

[@ericschroeder8932]

@@christopheravery3680 no problem. For starters, the comment below ours mentions Pete worked with James Robinson on James’s KZbin channel, it’s very, very good. My takeaways are : you can only deliver the club to strike the ball if the club is in the proper place. By being in the proper place, you don’t have to manipulate the club/compensate for not being in proper position. I think of this as the club needs to be in balance, throughout the swing (takeaway, backswing, downswing). By having the club in balance, and rotating through the swing, the club face is square through the hitting zone. That’s more wordy than I would like to put it, but those are my thoughts. I hope this helps! Make sure to watch the James Robinson video on here, where he takes a lesson from Pete Cowan. It’s a very thorough explanation. I think it was in the last week or two. Cheers

[@ericschroeder8932]

@@christopheravery3680 here it is! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYu2ZqiXZs2srdk

[@thomasfraser9072]

@@christopheravery3680 swing thé loft of your club with your trail right hand little finger. That is it and the only swing thought a golfer should ever have. Why? Because your little trail finger is the weakest part of your body that your brain can actually detect the weight and momentum of the loft of your club as you are moving it up/ down to and through your ball/ and back up around your body from the very start to the finish of your swing. That’s it! Become amazed at yourself and do it every single time; but you must allow the rest of your body react naturally in order for it to work. Cheers 😃⛳️👍👍

[@李文瑄醫師]

This video help me a lot ! Thank you Mr Pete Cowan ! You’ve made golf swing complexity to simplicity !

[@timtrent2426]

Pete; LOVED the right arm movement and turning down you did with Danny!! Awesome stuff I've been a manipulator a long time went to practice tee working on your words and the last 10 balls were perfect Turning down is the thing that must be done

[@aljames7345]

Plus 1, exactly my thoughts,. made an instant difference was hotting a 7 iron just 122yds, now 155!

[@bobmcglone6676]

At first I didn’t know how to do that, but I stayed with his teaching and really it is awesome. Gravity to get the position needed and the compound effect. So far I have been able to get great distance for me, but excellent accuracy.

[@markkindell6365]

That explains why sometimes I hit the driver well with no tension, and as soon as I go after it from the top it's a mess ,great instructions

[@terrythomas790]

I do the same. I'll hit some long, and straight drives, but when I try too hard, I must grab and lock the clubhead, and get a massive hook.

[@noumine]

Wow this just popped up on my feed and I am so thankful. Will try this out. What a gem.

[@scozza7150]

Quite a few years ago now since I saw this. Wish I had listened to him them lol. Talk about going over bad habits many years later Top coach 👍

[@jinlee4863]

This is amazing instruction of understanding the feel of swing. Very natural and intutive... Thanks Pete.

[@jjpac2011]

Excellent lesson. Thank you for sharing.

[@mikeaustingolf]

This is great! If there is a magic move to get rid of bad hooks this is it. For Mike Austin fans: It's starting the downswing by "spinning the meatballs". As Austin said: That's what you're playing golf, you're throwing that clubhead around a circle with your hands. Before I understood this I was fighting bad hooks when I wanted to hit it hard. Like Pete says: I grabbed it. By "spinning the meatballs" as a downswing trigger I can hit it as hard as I want and the ball goes dead straight.

[@diencai1812]

The best explanation of how the body reacts to the club’s momentum

[@hamchillyvlog6034]

Wow. This is the most easiest explanation ever. Thank you for sharing this precious video

[@appleguy6708]

Mr Cowen reminds me of my old drill sergeants forward but effective in instruction

[@tmunday7270001475143]

Pete's changed my game! Shot 68 for the first time following his swing method! Thank you Pete!!!

[@Stantheman848]

Todd Munday What did you shoot on the back 9?

[@rcg9573]

Not bad for the putt putt course.

[@choco5606]

the beauty of golf instruction is not saying too much

[@jonathanstewart1724]

Wow this is why he gets the big bucks. Absolutely superb content here.

[@donaldschmidt2990]

One of the true godfathers of the golf swing. Cowen ranks with the great Harvey Penick in terms of simplistic common sense instruction. His 50 years of know how were created by a naturally inquisitive mind. I love how he said he became a better teacher once he realized how the muscles have to work in the swing. The club has to reroute in a proper manner well before the arms reach knee level. Any later than that and the swing is doomed. Nobody is talented enough to save it from that point. Not without an insane level of inconsistency. Its little wonder that so many great players go to this go to guru for instruction. Probably the sharpest instructional mind in the world. Possibly ever.

[@thomasfraser9072]

There is one little thing he failed to say that could make of us all more consistent and a better golfer overnight. Ask me if you don’t know what that is. I am not selling a thing. Cheers 😃⛳️👍🥂

[@63Baggies]

Simplicity, allied to true talent = Peter Cowen

[@NocyMusic]

Robert Dore check out Manual de la torre that was his teaching philosophy in 1950 Manual learned from the great Ernest Jones who was a pro golfer on one leg always said swing the club head

[@ag358]

I remember going to st. Louis as a reward for winning our little league championship. We were taken to a golf range, admittedly i was always athletic but had never hit a golf ball they showed me a grip and swing i stepped up and hit a long drive with a little draw. They said beginners luck, i hit 6 more in a row straight down the middle. Golf is a stick and ball game with hundreds of different areas a ball will find itself. Bobby jones describes beautifully the different between a shut face swing and ab open face swing. But he said at impact both swings should be square at impact. Be careful what advice you try to impart based on what swing type you have. There is nothing new in golf just different names.

[@kingshearer2]

This is exactly my findings I'm just trying to get the right feel in the transition since I still try and grab the ball like he says. I've tried to shorten my swing and it's helping with this. When I do get a smooth transition the shot is low, long and with a touch of draw in the driver. I know what a good swing feels like now I just need to get consistency and not grab at it. Thanks for posting.

[@shanghaimuts]

Best explanation ever! Thank you for sharing.

[@OfCourseICan]

I agree.

[@patrickdereus]

you are welcome

[@TomSmith-lf8tr]

In the early 1950’s, Arthur Lees at Sunningdale taught the boys to throw 50 golf balls before they hit a shot. According to a Brian Twite, former Assistant Pro at Sunningdale and retired Pro at Metropolitan GC in Australia. Brian turns 98 in August 2023, played at The Open in Port Rush in 1951 and plays every week at Metro. Does this make him the oldest man to have ever played in The Open ?

[@marnew1000]

What a gem, where and when was this recorded?

[@txpatriot7038]

I don't see the amazement but his credentials preceded him. I have seen a couple vids and he talks about moving his left shoulder but the motion and feeling of how to move it were lost on me anyway. Interesting video. Time to head to the range

[@Rudy2053]

Absolutely beautiful comment from Andrew Hogg....that is a man who knows golf.

[@thomasfraser9072]

Great stuff! But what must we employ to be able to feel the weight and momentum of the loft of our club moving around our body from the very start to the finish of our golf swing? I would tell you; but you probably would only laugh at me. Cheers 😃👍⛳️🥂

[@Golf36]

I'm just a bogey golfer but one thing I've found is when I concentrate on swing plane with driver I know I have it right when it feels light at the top. Then gravity takes over and a good shot occurs. If it feels heavy, I'm not in the proper position and anything can happen.

[@paulahenry2031]

Loved this video

[@edmunday5599]

Great video. Could you explain a stable trail shoulder?

[@bjnwright]

If you were to remember any one piece of golf swing instructional advice - then remember the first 15 seconds of this video. Drop the club, get yourself into a comfortable yet powerful address position, then simply swing your right hand and arm through a natural and efficient range of motion. Then pick up the club and do the same thing. This simple swing philosophy should put the Golf Digest magazine out of business.

[@NocyMusic]

This was Manual De La Torre teaching philosophy swing the club head not your body he learned it from the great 👍 Ernest Jones

[@powerpath659]

This is gold. 💰

[@frozendivots1564]

He is saying there is a point where the clubhead puts pressure into the hands that ‘feels’ wrong. So people react to it and ‘Grab’ it to make it ‘feel right’. You have to let the clubhead go in the ‘wrong direction’ feel wise. Then let it run it’s course and use it to smash the ball.

[@Kelleher24]

Brilliant!

[@tanghoanglong]

I practice like it, but my ball is draw a lot. How is ball straight while we rotate like it. Thank you so much

[@jaybee7890]

Very similar to Manuel de la Torre. Superb stuff.

[@ingeniousbraveheart]

Seriously I would have nightmares after a lesson from Pete Cowan .

[@obus4186]

So what does the swing plane look like with this approach? Is it a single plane back and forward or?

[@MrLeftyno1]

The chap in the Background in yellow at about 5 mins, should have come over and listened to Pete, lol.

[@robinbhairam7508]

Andrew Linch having seen your message I looked for him and laughed out loud when he appeared ... I’m still laughing .... it’s almost the definition of irony! 😂

[@golfmetrics8315]

Cowen's demo of turning the club around & gripping the club-head end is really a terrific way of illustrating how a natural swing should look and, more importantly, feel. The whole idea of the club-head acting as a weight, when held normally, is exactly what prevents most newcomers to the game from understanding how the golf swing should look & feel from the ground up. Take away the weight from the end of the club & most students will almost instinctively start engaging the feet, legs, hips, etc. The trick is getting the student to mirror the same movements when the weighted end is introduced again.

[@johncraig3316]

golfmetrics @

[@peto0101]

If you have difficulty try holding a large folded brolly, then open it whilst half way through your swing. The idea is to get your ears, lips and nostrils engaged for a fuller swing. Try to imagine you are flying a kite in a strong wind.

[@obus4186]

How do i know if im grabbing? Are we talking about keeping your grip loose?

[@JPPLCNeto]

very, very good. Thank you.

[@junksails814]

GRAB - mean to increase the grip pressure to a point that negates the use of the flex of the fore are and writs. SQUEEZE the grip pressure - usually a sign of tense arms and body.

[@bernardsamson2365]

Look, if you merely stood up and-without a club-pretended you were skimming rocks in a pond, every part of your body would do exactly the right thing to swing a golf club. Your right arm would be in the correct position at the top, your footwork would be perfect with the lower body leading the throwing movement (not your arm), your left leg would straighten and left hip would turn out of the way which would provide the “Post” and the breaking force that accelerates your right arm and releases your wrist. Just do that over and over and watch yourself. Then you put the golf club in your hand and it all goes to hell.

[@joewintjen7268]

True 😂

[@justtisha]

Ouuu I will try this but I feel like it makes you too wristy and pull babk instead of forward

[@ufukgoksu9851]

Yes, I think this is one way not hit the ball but swing through.

[@Tarquin52]

Try skimming a rock with two hands

[@ufukgoksu9851]

I more and more come to conclusion that all the movements (hip turn, knee turn, leading hip üst back, just straighen your left leg bump etc etc) that are out there may help but it may also mess up your sequence, ball contact, etc. Why not do the pivot motion in which all body parts move in the same sequence? This throwing stone motion for instance could me more helpful than try to force these different lower body motions for your swing.

[@jeffmiller1387]

What does he mean by stable right shoulder?

[@patrickdereus]

The shoulder can make a lot of movements. One you make is flexion. The one he shows you not to make is internal rotation.

[@JungleLarry]

Peter: "With a perfect swing you can do anything." Me: "Thanks."

[@obus4186]

So we dont utilize natural force until we get the clubshaft about parallel on the way down

[@andyf8418]

I wish I could get a lesson from Pete, played golf for 45 years at a decent standard and still can't hit irons properly

[@1902kizo]

Hahahahahahah

[@wceend]

Glasheldere uitleg. Morgen op de drivingrange toepassen!

[@turalmage]

He's one of the best teachers ever, and the guy in the background is just hacking the ball, lol. He could get a free lesson if he turned 180. FAH.

[@saelensrl]

It would be so helpful if the camera showed the golfball in front of the golfer!!

[@patrickdereus]

You are right. Unfortunately we can't go back in time. The video is about how to swing the club.

[@bazabollox]

Hartelijk dank Patrick

[@CraigalFun]

Pete is a GOD

[@lenardtan7169]

Simple explaination

[@Brownstown2424]

This dude is the Jordan Peterson of golf.

[@powerpath659]

Yip

[@TheNYgolfer]

Teaching is an art. He is no artist. The one gem in this whole presentation is "don't grab", and even that he did not explain very well. The one menace that stalks all players (even professionals have to fight it) is over acceleration during the transition. Nicklaus called it "flashing" . It's the sudden impulse to want to kill the ball with every ounce of power in your body. This causes every muscle in your body to contract which causes your fingers to increase their grip on the club ("grabbing") which then prevents a natural release of the club. Here are 2 ways to determine if you are swinging too hard (over accelerating, flashing, grabbing) 1. Put a pencil in your mouth and gently bite down on it and then hit a ball. After you finish the swing check the pencil. No teeth marks means you swung under control and did not over accelerate . Any teeth marks and you need to try again. 2. Keep you mouth open during your swing. If you over accelerate your mouth will not stay open 3. Count out loud while swinging. If you over accelerate the count will speed up or stop . Guess that was 3 ways not 2 :)

[@mav1733]

if hes no artist then surely you are saying hes no teacher.Wait a minute , lets see who hes coached , mmmmmmmmmmmm if i ever need a coach to show me the correct way to play golf then im afraid im gonna pick him over you

[@TheNYgolfer]

@@mav1733 I hope he teaches you golf better than your English teacher taught you how to spell...lol He is not a "teacher". A teacher understands the importance of proper communication and understands the laws of learning. One thing a good teacher never does is use terminology that is not clearly defined and understood by both the communicator and the receiver. " Don't grab" can mean many different things and the term is useless unless clearly defined. As a flight instructor I take teaching seriously. Any ambiguity in my teaching and someone can die, including myself. Great knowledge does not a great teacher make. The ability to communicate that knowledge so a 10 year old can understand it is what makes a great teacher. Pete has more knowledge about golf than I ever will. I never said otherwise. I critiqued his communication skills not his knowledge of the golf swing. Yes he has Henrik on his resume so he is doing something right. I'm saying he can do better.

[@mav1733]

@@TheNYgolfer fucking hell you are one oring person

[@mav1733]

@@TheNYgolfer you must be the life of the party

[@arjanpetersen]

Hahahahahha Dude... keep doing that man, play with a pencil.

[@jaxortjackie05]

The right arm is 'sat down' explains everything

[@jullihoop]

Thank you

[@JerryLekoto]

Brilliant

[@steveperry1344]

this is for me, definitely.

[@donaldschmidt2990]

One further comment. I have seen Leadbetter, Harmon, McLean and a parade of big bling names comment on the swing. Not one can convey it in such a simple way. NO ONE. Listen to Cowen speak for three minutes and you have an instant epiphany. A global sized Aha moment. Best instructor in the game. Case closed.

[@doctorfloydhayworth9080]

You're kidding, right? I have no idea what Cowan is talking about.

[@John_Wood_]

What year was this?

[@patrickdereus]

about ten years ago

[@drbwhunt]

Pete has it. That is how I swing a club. I don’t need lessons. Pete and I are naturals.

[@mudddge]

He's as far from a natural as you could get. He made plenty of mistakes to get to where he is.

[@rcg9573]

yeah sure you don't Porky. LOL

[@supersoup5509]

Awesome

[@leifverixell2065]

What´s the matter with the guys in this thread that have some kind of torretts that can´t stop them from criticizing and humiliate one of the greatest coaches in golf. Do you really think that Stenson & Co would stay with him if he was such a lousy instructor? See the principles he's advocating for Gods sake and stop focusing on completely irrelevant details. And the principles are proven to be great. Or better, just leave the commentary field and go and bully someone your size. That is: very small.

[@clivezeederberg2782]

Wow, a Brilliant video but he even grabbed it the first time🤣

[@patrickdereus]

He is human too

[@Derf7272]

if you don’t get it, you don’t get it!

[@rcg9573]

Best advice is to listen to what Peter has to say in the vid and ignore all the anonymous online commentary posted in here from clowns, who want to give you their amateurish interpretations of what Peter is teaching. 🙂

[@JoeLeone636]

Guy in the background at 5:25 needs to pay attention to your lesson.

[@BlueO-b4b]

Looks like someone was sneaking a video for a free lesson lol

[@razakhan999]

GOLD!!

[@healthygolfer]

He doesn't mention how to do it? Yes, grabbing it at the top (consciously or not) is a major issue as described here but he doesn't provide any drill or suggestions how to do it. This is an old video so I can understand why we only get this 10 minute clip of a complete lesson.

[@patrickdereus]

To make it clear: This is not a golf lesson. It's his explanation of the golf swing/how to swing the club of Pete Cowen back in 2012 to a group of instructors. By the way he does: move the momentum of the golf club around.

[@dbc7772011]

Ok that's why I come over the top, but how do I fix it? I didn't get a clear understanding of how to keep on plane and correct. I'll replay again.

[@golfmetrics5088]

Wondering the same thing, dbc. I think Cowen's making the point that, when it comes to using the hands anyway, doing less is more. As near as I can tell from his instruction here, he appears to be holding off any "active" movement in the hands & wrists until sometime after they enter the hitting area in the downswing just prior to striking the ball.

[@Alopez471147]

Cowen's teachings, I believe, are trying to keep you from initiating the hands at the top of the downswing too quickly in effect making you come over the top. What he is suggesting, and you can look up some of his spiral staircase method teachings as well, is that you should initiate the downswing with your left shoulder unwinding around and upward and letting the weight of the club head do its thing with the help of gravity. This allows you to activate your wrists in the proper manner going through the ball (see his axe drill). My personal experience trying this out and finding some success came with the realization the you really need to have "noodle arms" at address and the try to have them fully extended as you go through the ball and extend to the target. Just what has worked for me.

[@geoffjones3016]

Rory, take note!

[@BayouHotBoy1]

This is my natural swing pattern but an instructor told me my swing was flat.

[@usahardwareguy]

I almost feel Pete has more emphasis on the right hand and arm not the left, for RH golfers

[@JerryLekoto]

Super

[@spaceexplorer7952]

Legendary

[@Stantheman848]

Golf coaches have to keep making the game more and more complex to justify their existence. Never forget that.

[@realtruth2817]

lol. correct-o

[@0woled]

truthed

[@mav1733]

i didnt see any complex stuff going on here, just the basics of the swing , try chipping without swinging through your shoulders, and then try chipping using your shoulders to turn through the chip

[@wx811]

@Steady as she goes Sorry for my rude comment, I'll probably delete it. I just disagree is all with this being good instruction, as I'm self taught, and the game came easy to me compared to all this technical talk. I'll get rid of my comment. It was rude.

[@wx811]

@Steady as she goes Agree. To be honest a lot of teachers you see are there to make money, not to help the students. I'm not sure about Pete. I didn't learn the game this way. I don't really know what I'm doing, I just throw it back and smack it, and control curvature. It normally goes exactly where I want. Every iron shot has the exact same sound, and the ball takes off on the same traj on most of my shots. I don't remember the last time I was OB to be honest, maybe once or twice on windy days 2 or 3 months ago. But what Pete describes seems to warrant inconsistency, simply because the info presented is so complicated... As I said, I don't know what I do when I swing. But some of these teachers imo make the game harder than it is. Or maybe it just came easy to me, but for others it may be more difficult....idk

[@christophersoltis]

I am CRYING after reading all the comments. We are a sorry lot!

[@555Trout]

It's odd that is best student Stenson is a hitter through and through.

[@emncaity]

"No, sir, you just go ahead and walk through the frame a few more times if you could, thanks very much."

[@thomo74]

I’m an over the top guy. I need help bad !!!

[@cameronna1928]

this isnt the club i was looking for

[@joseserranosuner]

Gem!

[@robsmith6087]

so . . this is what Bryson employed in his swing ?

[@joestarling5627]

Tried it, doesn't work for me. Must be doing something wrong, or just hit better my way.

[@patrickdereus]

Try again. Give it another go.

[@ckniker]

"Move the loft around your body"... what the hell does that mean?

[@danielkirkland3366]

He means people don’t use the the loft of the club to get height on their shots but they try to hit down on the ball to add loft or even up to help the ball into the air

[@KINGSOWN100]

Every single time... Oops!

[@powerpath659]

💰

[@monplaisir1944]

I gave him a lesson, he memorized it 😂

[@zlcju]

as he flips into every shot

[@ScottSanderz19]

Keep dragging the handle then Steve and see if you improve...as long as the ball is compressed at impact, thats all that matters. His left wrist is flat and right wrist is bent at impact....say no more

[@dry509]

Don’t understand what he is saying…move the loft around? What?

[@patrickdereus]

around yourself. Don't close the face when taking the club away. Keep the loft as it is. Loft makes the height on the ball.